Manfred Spraul writes:
> That could cause alignment problems.
> <<< from starfire.c
> {
> long filter_addr;
> u16 mc_filter[32] __attribute__ ((aligned(sizeof(long))));
> <<<
> set_bit requires word alignment, but without the __attibute__ the
> compiler would only guarantee 16-bit alignment. IMHO ugly.
Correction, it requires "long" alignment and that is 64-bits
on several platforms.
Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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